Shunsuke Sonoda

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Shunsuke Sonoda 薗田 峻輔
Personal information
Born	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35) Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb; 13.5 st)
Sporting nationality	Japan
Residence	Tokyo, Japan
Career
College	Meiji University
Turned professional	2010
Current tour(s)	Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins	3
Highest ranking	89 (2 January 2011)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	2
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT: 2015
The Open Championship	CUT: 2010
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour Rookie of the Year 2010

Shunsuke Sonoda (薗田 峻輔, Sonoda Shunsuke, born 26 September 1989) is a Japanese professional golfer.

Sonoda was born in Tokyo. He was first trained by his father. After that he has been taught by golf teaching pro, Todd Baker, since he was 10 years old. When Sonoda visited Gold Coast, Australia with his family at age 13, he decided to study in Gold Coast because the town has many golf courses. He spent two years in a junior high school there to pursue his golf game further. He won the Japan National Junior Golf Championship. He decided to return Japan to enter the Suginami-Gakuin High School. He was a high school teammate of Ryo Ishikawa. Ishikawa calls him "King" as he swept all the junior tournaments. They first met in elementary school. In his sophomore year at the Meiji University, he qualified for Japan Golf Tour.

Sonoda began playing on the Japan Golf Tour in 2010 and won the 2010 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic. This victory earned him an exemption into the 2010 Open Championship.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	27 Jun 2010	Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic	−15 (70-65-66=201)*	3 strokes	Toru Taniguchi
2	7 Jul 2013	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	−20 (69-71-61-67=268)	3 strokes	Tomohiro Kondo, Yuki Kono

*Note: The 2010 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open Yomiuri Classic was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2010	Nagashima Shigeo Invitational Sega Sammy Cup	Cho Min-gyu, Mamo Osanai	Osanai won with par on fourth extra hole Sonoda eliminated by par on second hole
2	2010	Fujisankei Classic	Ryo Ishikawa	Lost to par on fourth extra hole

• 2008 Sponichi Cup (as an amateur)

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

"T" = Tied

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Japan): 2008

Professional

• Royal Trophy (representing Asia): 2011

• Shunsuke Sonoda at the Japan Golf Tour official site
• Shunsuke Sonoda at the Official World Golf Ranking official site